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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 536 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. 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Unless otherwise unambiguously indicated by the language or circumstances, an\noffer to make a lease contract must be construed as inviting acceptance in any\nmanner and by any medium reasonable in the circumstances.\n\n2. If the beginning of a requested performance is a reasonable mode of\nacceptance, an offeror who is not notified of acceptance within a reasonable\ntime may treat the offer as having lapsed before acceptance.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}